653 So. 2d 801 - State v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “This court and the Louisiana Supreme Court have held that a confession, which is challenged on the ground that the accused was chemically impaired at the time of interrogation, will be rendered inadmissible only when the impairment is of such a degree that it negated defendant’s comprehension and rendered him unable to understand the consequences of his statement. State v. Robinson, 384 So.2d 332, 335 (La.1980); State v. Brooks, 505 So.2d 245, 247 (La. App. 3d Cir.1987). Whether the impairment exists and is of a degree sufficient to vitiate the voluntariness of a confession is a question of fact, and the trial judge’s findings will not be overturned unless they are not supported by the evidence. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Boyer

2. “Criminal intent may be specific or general: (1) Specific criminal intent is that state of mind which exists when the circumstances indicate that the offender actively desired the prescribed criminal consequences to follow his act or failure to act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 687 So. 2d 465 - State v. MacKey

3. “A. Second degree murder is the killing of a human being: (1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 687 So. 2d 465 - State v. MacKey